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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, ‘There is no resurrection of the dead’?” (1 Corinthians 15:12)

Had they got so far as that, to call themselves Christians, and yet they doubted the truth of the resurrection of the dead? Yes, they spirited it away, they made it into a kind of myth or fable; and yet they called themselves Christians. The heathen do not believe the resurrection, that is not surprising; but that those who professed to believe that Christ had risen from the dead, yet doubted the resurrection of his people, was indeed a strange thing.

If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, we are preaching a falsehood. If he did not rise from the dead, you are believing a falsehood, and our preaching and your believing are nothing but vanity.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Palembang in Indonesia.

The Palembang are Muslims, but they also have a lot of reverence for shamans, who have special power over the spirit world. They believe their shamans can heal the sick.

Pray that the Palembang would find true healing in Jesus, who rules over even the demons.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Hope for a curious, spiritual age*

We live in a curious age — people love to learn about different perspectives and ways of seeing the world. Often, however, these curious people aren’t interested in Christianity. They think they’ve heard what Christianity has to offer and aren’t interested. Unfortunately, more often than not, they’ve only heard a watered-down Christianity that’s about what we can do to earn God’s love instead of the truth of what God has done to save us. They haven’t rejected true Christianity — they’ve rejected a made-up moralistic version (which we should also reject!)

We constantly need fresh presentations of the gospel that help people — from skeptics to seekers — see how wonderful the good news of Jesus really is.

And that’s exactly what Somethingism, a new book by Luke Cawley, does — he presents a coherent, intelligent response for anyone who believes there is “something” out there, but not sure what.

This book builds on the generic knowledge of God that all people have (see Romans 1) and builds a logical case from “god” to the Lord Jesus Christ, risen from the dead for our salvation. This is not another stiff apologetic book that’s packed with “arguments” and “proofs” for God. Somethingism is warm and wonderful. He doesn’t just show that the gospel is reasonable, he shows that it’s incredible.

The book really is a powerful invitation to live for "something" more.

My friends at the Good Book Company want to make it as easy as possible for you to get your hands on this book — you can pre-order it for 30% off if you use code SPURGEON at the link in my bio.

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